كلبك

Ottoman Turkish

كلبك

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kepelek (butterfly); cognate with Azerbaijani kəpənək, Bashkir күбәләк (kübələk), Kazakh көбелек (köbelek), Kyrgyz көпөлөк (köpölök), Turkmen kebelek, Uyghur كېپىنەك (këpinek) and Uzbek kapalak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cɛlɛˈbɛc]

Noun

كلبك • (kelebek)

  1. butterfly, any diurnal flying insect of the order Lepidoptera

Descendants

  • Turkish: kelebek

Further reading

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